Just as a follow up: If you’re packaging ActiveTcl into a .app for OS X (using PyInstaller, py2app or similar) it may not work from the onset. I ended up having to comment out the ‘teapot’ code in /Library/Frameworks/Tcl.framework/Versions/8.5/Resources/Scripts/init.tcl to get it working
The problematic lines are the last few lines that include: "require activestate::teapot::link” Now, finally, I have a right-colour OS X .app bundle :) Cheers On 28 Ion 2015, at 18:11, Patrick Robertson <robertson.patr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks both Kevin and Mick, > > Mick - it’s always nice to know I’m not the only one with the problem! > Kevin - your solution worked. > > I initially installed ActiveTcl 8.6, which it seems isn’t compatible with > Python 2/3 > At the time of writing ActiveTcl 8.4/8.5 (32 bit/64 bit) are recommended for > OS X > For anybody with this problem in the future I recommend reading: > https://www.python.org/download/mac/tcltk/ > > It explains which version of ActiveTcl to install for which OS/Python > combination, as well as giving information on how Python links to > Tkinter/tkinter: > >> The Python for Mac OS X installers downloaded from this website dynamically >> link at runtime to Tcl/Tk Mac OS X frameworks. … > There’s more on that page above > > > PS - I’ve been using Tkinter since 2015. It’s still great ;-) > > > On 28 Ion 2015, at 15:05, Michael O'Donnell <michael.odonn...@uam.es> wrote: > >> Thanks Kevin, >> >> I will remove my fixing code and see if colours >> are displayed ok again. >> >> Mick >> >> On 28 January 2015 at 15:08, Kevin Walzer <k...@codebykevin.com> wrote: >>> On 1/28/15 9:03 AM, Michael O'Donnell wrote: >>>> >>>> My GUI used a gif for borders, and I will with a colored canvas. >>>> On the (then) new Macosx, the colors of the gif were different >>>> from the canvas color. >>>> >>>> ...while on Windows or earlier versions of Macosx, the gif >>>> and canvas merged seamlessly. >>>> >>>> I received no response which fixed the problem. >>> >>> Sorry about that. IIRC It was a very obscure bug related to a change in >>> color-rendering API in Cocoa that someone noticed and submitted a patch for; >>> recent versions of ActiveTcl should not show the bug. >>> >>> --Kevin >>> >>> -- >>> Kevin Walzer >>> Code by Kevin/Mobile Code by Kevin >>> http://www.codebykevin.com >>> http://www.wtmobilesoftware.com >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Tkinter-discuss mailing list >>> Tkinter-discuss@python.org >>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tkinter-discuss >> _______________________________________________ >> Tkinter-discuss mailing list >> Tkinter-discuss@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tkinter-discuss > _______________________________________________ Tkinter-discuss mailing list Tkinter-discuss@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tkinter-discuss
